FFNW vs. CFFN, TRST, HIFS, TREE, FFIC, NFBK, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and ESSA
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and ESSA Bancorp (ESSA). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
First Financial Northwest vs.
Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Capitol Federal Financial received 35 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.40% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 53.70% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 9.95% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 1.31%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.69% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.
Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Northwest pays out 236.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Capitol Federal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.01%. First Financial Northwest has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.53%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than First Financial Northwest.
In the previous week, First Financial Northwest had 2 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Financial Northwest and 1 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat First Financial Northwest's score of 0.27 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats First Financial Northwest on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFNW) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
